Introducing Virusscan For Mac; What's In This Guide; What Is Virusscan; What You Can Do With Virusscan - McAfee AVM85M - VirusScan For Mac User Manual

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Introducing VirusScan for Mac

What's in this guide?

This guide introduces VirusScan for Mac 8.6 and provides the following information on
how to keep your computer free of viruses:
Overview of the product.
Descriptions of product features.
Descriptions of all new features in this release of the software.
Detailed instructions for installing the software.
Detailed instructions for configuring and deploying the software.
Procedures for performing tasks.
Troubleshooting information.
Integration with ePolicy Orchestrator 3.6 (Patch 2), 3.6.1, and 4.0.

What is VirusScan?

VirusScan for Mac is an anti-virus application that helps you keep your Macintosh
computer free of viruses, Trojan horses and other malware. VirusScan features
On-Demand scanning, Apple Mail scanning, eUpdate scheduling, online Help,
On-Access scanning and drag-and-drop scanning. In addition, you are only one click
away from the comprehensive online Virus Information Library which will keep you
informed of all new threats.
VirusScan protects your system from viruses that may reside on other computers such
as Macintosh computers, Windows computers, UNIX computers, and externally
mounted volumes such as USB device, Firewire devices and CDs/DVDs.
This version of VirusScan also provides anti-virus support for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
operating system.

What you can do with VirusScan

VirusScan detects and cleans program viruses, macro viruses, and Trojan horses for all
types of Macintosh, Windows, and UNIX files, including compressed files and OLE
compound documents.
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